BBC Hiring for Software Engineering Degree Apprenticeship – L6 Job at London, England Full Time

Applications are open. We encourage you to apply early as we receive an extremely high volume of applications for our roles every year and applications may close earlier than anticipated. Please apply early to avoid disappointment.

The highlights

Work on some of the UK’s most trusted apps and web services, like BBC Sport and iPlayer, while studying for your L6 Software Engineer (HNC equivalent) qualification. Build on your existing skills and learn new technologies, all under the guidance of BBC software engineers.

Start date: September 2022

Duration: England = 40 months / Scotland = 48 months

Salary: £15,074 pro rated – Plus London Weighting (£4,729 at fixed rate) for those individuals who have London as their primary work base.

Apprenticeships available:13

Location(s): Glasgow, London, Salford

Leading to: a role on our Technical, Systems and Delivery teams, earning £34,000 or more.

Main Responsibilities

What you’ll be doing

Develop and deliver apps and websites used by millions every day – including sports, iPlayer and BBC.co.uk. And develop software and services for our journalists, producers and corporate teams, helping them to do their work and deliver content and products efficiently.

Get full stack experience, and learn to use agile planning and delivery practices like pairing, code and documentation reviewing, and continuous delivery.

Practice quality control, write automated tests, and work with others to integrate software with monitoring and support tools. And contribute to technical documentation of jobs.

Help to troubleshoot and resolve issues throughout the product life cycle, including out of hours support (with support from others in the team). Learn and use the team’s agile planning and delivery process.

You’ll study for an L6 Software Engineering qualification (HNC equivalent) from The Institute of Apprenticeships in Technical Education. You’ll complete specialist modules such as:

• Introduction to JavaScript, C# and Java
• Software development methodologies – waterfall vs agile
• Web development – HTML, CSS and SASS
• Data structures and algorithms
• Frontend frameworks
• Databases
• Testing
• Project engineering skills.

Take a look at the job description and the candidate pack for more details about the role.

Are you the right candidate?

Who we’re looking for

To be eligible for this apprenticeship, you must:

• Be aged 18 or over when the course starts in September 2022
• Be a school leaver, a college leaver or a qualified L3 apprentice
• Have either an Extended BTEC Certificate or A-Level qualification in computer science and software programming
• Have maths and English GCSEs or Standard (Scotland) at 9-4 (A-C) or equivalent
• Be legally allowed to work in the UK
• Have lived in the UK, Ireland or the European Economic Area (EEA), for at least three years before the start of the apprenticeship. Or have either pre-settled or settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme and lived in the UK, EEA or Gibraltar for at least three years.
• If you sat your A-Levels in in England, Wales or NI, you’ll need AAB and one of your A-Levels should be in Maths, English or a computer science.)
• If you sat your exams in Scotland, you’ll need to have achieved at least BBBB in your first sitting, including Maths, English and computer science/programming.
• If you’re a college leaver, you’ll need to have completed a BTEC certificate (360 GLH), or Cambridge Technicals in Information Technology Level 3 or an AQA Tech Level Computing and IT Level 3.

We’ll ask you to give examples to show you’re:

• Able to apply software engineering theory in practice
• A logical thinker and natural problem solver
• Able to work independently and stay motivated
• Prepared to juggle work and study
• Able to efficiently multitask and work under pressure
• Good at communicating and working with technical and non-technical people Flexible and resilient.

Don’t worry if you don’t have an extensive CV

You can share examples of your passion for coding and software development from anywhere. That might be other work experience, your time in education or volunteering.

What you’ll get

During your apprenticeship

• A starting salary of £15,074 (+ £4,729 London Living Allowance), and potential pay increases.
• A flexible 35-hour working week, 26 days of annual leave days (with the option to buy an extra 5 days), and a defined pension scheme.
• Discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.
• A dedicated Team Manager and Scheme Specialist to help with your development.
• Professional Coaching and Mentoring by industry professionals.
• Access to our in-house Academy, which hosts a range of internal and external courses.

At the end of your apprenticeship

• A recognised Degree Apprenticeship in Software Engineering from the Institute of Apprenticeships and Technical Education.
• A role in the BBC Technical, Systems and Delivery team with a starting salary of £34,000 (+ £4,729 London Living Allowance) or more.
• The chance to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the BBC.

Applications are open. We encourage you to apply early as we receive an extremely high volume of applications for our roles every year and applications may close earlier than anticipated. Please apply early to avoid disappointment.

Apply on the BBC Career Hub

We’ll check that your skills are a good fit for the role and you’re eligible for the scheme. If your application is successful, we’ll be in touch with next steps.

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